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Originally Posted by Irace86.2.0
That’s a different question—not a rephrase—but yea, assuming all the infrastructure was in place, then hydrogen fuel would be faster to charge than current superchargers. Electric has the advantage of ease of charging at home, so this is more about convenience for refueling/recharging for long commutes that require maximum recharging. If we are being hypothetical then battery swapping could be just as fast or faster, and version two or three superchargers and equivalent future batteries could have faster charging, possibly adding 100 miles or more in five minutes.
In terms of utilities, we would need more utilities to do the same job because hydrogen is inherently less efficient than electric, as well as, the processing plants to produce the hydrogen and shipping for the hydrogen fuel to the stations.
The numbers favor electric, which is probably why electric greatly exceed hydrogen cars.
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It's essentially the same question, but that's not important.
With hydrogen, you don't need to charge at home. I get along just fine stopping by the gas station when I need to. Plus, right now, in 2019, it works, as-is, no further mad science projects needed. I don't need to be hypothetical if the technology is already there. It got this far even without some billionaire playboy cultist "leading" the way. The only hypothetical statement is what could have been if he had been promoting hydrogen vehicles instead. Or just not done anything.
If you really need to fuel up at home, generating hydrogen is actually pretty easy. First Google result from 2016, IDK how it's going, but it had similar amounts of speculation as you are suggesting, and that was 3 years ago. Bottom line, $2K for a home unit that should be more than you need for a car.
https://www.computerworld.com/articl...ings-cars.html
Hydrogen may be less efficient due to energy conversion, but they are more efficient in terms of kinetic energy. A hydrogen-powered car does not need to rely on a massive battery to get decent range.
I'm assuming by numbers you mean sales/people. Why do people buy designer handbags, or fancy shoes, or Starbucks coffee? It's all a status symbol, and completely influenced by marketing. I can give you a few great examples of times when popularity of an idea wasn't an indication of the soundness of said idea.
If EVs are the right solution, why do you suppose real car companies like Toyota are still investing in hydrogen vehicle technology?